Boxing Law Attorneys
The attorneys of Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP, and Scott Shaffer in particular, concentrate on providing legal representation to boxing promoters, managers, individual boxers, and entertainment and media businesses involved in the sport of boxing in New York, New Jersey, and worldwide. A large part of Scott’s boxing practice involves representation of major fight promoters, such as DiBella Entertainment, Inc., promoter of the middleweight champion of the world, Jermain Taylor, as well as direct representation of world champion boxers. Current and former clients include world champions Ricky Hatton and Cory Spinks.
Perhaps no other lawyer in the U.S. has the depth and diversity of knowledge and experience that Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP’s Scott Shaffer brings to the sport of boxing. Learn more about his credentials and then contact our boxing law firm to talk to us about your issue.
“Boxing is the red light district of the sporting world.”
The Business of Boxing
Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP handles contract negotiations and contract disputes for individual boxers and boxing promoters, including world champions. Services include:
- Negotiating bout contracts, option agreements, provision of service contracts and promotional contracts with fighters, managers, and other promoters
- Negotiating pay-per-view (PPV) event contracts with broadcast and cable television networks, such as HBO and Showtime
- Negotiating licensing agreements for the broadcast right with respect to domestic and foreign television networks
- Resolving contract disputes between boxers, managers, and sponsors
- Litigating breach of contract and tortious interference disputes in court and arbitration proceedings
- Negotiating site fees and sponsorship agreements with casinos, hotels, or resorts hosting professional boxing matches
- Representing promoters and boxers in disputes with world sanctioning bodies
- Negotiating contracts involving Native American tribes
“Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated
can reach down to the bottom of his soul
and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes
to win when the match is even.”
The Rights of Boxers
Participants in boxing are often exploited by coercive contracts or the people around them. Corruption plagues this great sport and those involved in the sport, whether they are boxers, managers, trainers, or promoters, need a lawyer who will fight for them if they’ve been wronged. Contact us if you’ve:
- Been stripped of your boxing license or championship
- Been ripped off because someone broke their contract with you or is preventing you from exercising your rights
- Had your health or safety unreasonably jeopardized or your rights ignored (violations of the Professional Boxing Safety Act or the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act)
"There's nothing wrong with getting knocked down,
as long as you get right back up."
Administrative Hearings
Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP defends boxers from unfair or arbitrary decisions of sanctioning bodies, such as local athletic commissions or world championship sanctioning organizations like the IBF, WBC, WBA and WBO. As a seasoned sports writer and an experienced boxing law attorney, Scott Shaffer can navigate his clients through each sanctioning body’s arcane set of rules. Those rules themselves are complicated—getting those rules enforced fairly can be even more complicated.
Call us to discuss taking on your cause if:
- Your rating was unfairly changed
- You had your championship stripped
- You are being improperly forced into a bout or contract
- You were suspended or lost your state boxing license
- You have problems because one state’s rules are different from another
If you’re heading for a legal fight, contact Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP and boxing lawyer Scott Shaffer. He has fought for the rights of current or former world champions Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton, Jermain Taylor, Cory Spinks, and Ike Quartey, just to name a few.
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From his Madison Avenue law office in New York City, boxing law attorney Scott Shaffer provides legal representation to boxing promoters, boxing managers, and individual boxers throughout the U.S., including Memphis, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Jersey and throughout New York, and throughout the world.
